1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 21: The filial heroine fights against the enemy, don't tell my mother (please read)
At first, Cheng Xuemin planned to wait until the manuscript was published and he received the royalties, and then give Feng Jiayou a big surprise!
But considering that my mother-in-law is the chief editor of a magazine, I could submit my article to anyone, so I would definitely submit to my mother-in-law's "October" magazine.

Because Cheng Xuemin was his son-in-law, he was very sure that the manuscript of his short story would be approved.

After all, it is a tribute work. In the previous life, the original work was a novel, film and television, drama, comic book, and the achievements are obvious to all.

Therefore, if such an excellent manuscript is not submitted to my mother-in-law, when she finds out about it, she will definitely question whether Cheng Xuemin is still her son-in-law?
With this concern, Cheng Xuemin no longer hid her feelings and simply laid it bare, asking Feng Jiayou to help look for typos, and then submitted it to her mother and mother-in-law together with her own manuscript.

"Horse Wrangler?!"

"Xuemin, is this a novel?"

Feng Jiayou took the manuscript and glanced at the title of the article. He was also surprised. There were no horses in the commune in northern Shaanxi! ?
Then I continued reading, and once I read on, I was deeply drawn into the story of the main characters, Xu Lingjun and his wife Li Xiuzhi.

Cheng Xuemin waited quietly and did not disturb Feng Jiayou.

"The Shepherd" is Cheng Xuemin's first short story to try out his career. His idea is the same as Feng Jiayou and others, following the trend and choosing scar literature.

Since it is scar literature, in addition to the pioneering works "Class Teacher" and "Scars", we cannot avoid another work "Soul and Flesh"!

If "Class Teacher" and "Scars" are the pioneers of scar literature, then "Spirit and Flesh" is also a piece of scar literature, but it will more often be classified as reflective literature, and it has a place in the history of modern literature!
Moreover, the first two short stories won the first prize in the first national excellent short story award to be held that year, which was held after the New Year.

"Spirit and Flesh" won the first prize of the second Excellent Short Story Award next year.

They are all first prize winners of national short story awards.

"Flesh and Soul" is the title of the original novel "The Shepherd", and "The Shepherd" is actually the name of the movie adapted from the novel.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin’s choice of "The Shepherd" must have been targeted.

Either don't do it, or just build a big satellite and pay tribute to a national first prize work to test the waters.

If he hadn't missed the opportunity, Cheng Xuemin would have dared to pay direct tribute to "Class Teacher" or "Scars".

Unfortunately, these two articles were published as early as last winter and this summer.

The Spirit and the Flesh, which he pays tribute to, will have to wait until next summer vacation when the editor of People's Literature will ask Zhang Xianliang to write the manuscript.

Although the time is very close, Teacher Zhang may not even have an idea at that time, so Cheng Xuemin's tribute should not cause a collision or overturn.

"How is it!? The October I voted for should be approved, right?"

The entire "The Shepherd" has about 18,000 words, and Cheng Xuemin only wrote half of it, about 10,000 words.

But even so, it still took Feng Jiayou more than forty minutes to finish watching it.

When Feng Jiayou subconsciously wanted to turn to the next page, Cheng Xuemin hurriedly asked, because there was nothing below.

"No more!? You haven't finished writing it yet!?"

Feng Jiayou finally reacted, and urged him, "Xuemin, you did this on purpose, didn't you? What are you showing me if you haven't finished writing yet?!"

"Here's the pen for you. Hurry up and finish the rest. I want to know whether Xu Lingjun finally abandoned Li Xiuzhi and went to a capitalist country!"

OK, the woman is very capable. She urged the client to submit the manuscript face to face offline. The only difference is that she has a 40-meter-long machete in her hand!
"Then tell me first, how is my novel going? If I submit it to my mother's "October", will it be accepted?"

Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly and took the pen the woman stuffed in his hand. How could someone be so anxious to finish the manuscript?

Woman, please tell me first, how is this written, can it pass the initial review of the mother-in-law! ?

"Don't vote for her!"

But what Cheng Xuemin didn't expect was that Feng Jiayou said this to him right away. Seeing Cheng Xuemin's surprised look, Feng Jiayou said, "Xuemin, your manuscript is very, very well written. I am deeply moved by the love story you wrote about Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi!"

"Are you writing this based on our experiences? Are you Xu Lingjun and I am Li Xiuzhi?!"

Feng Jiayou didn't say why she didn't give it to her mother. Instead, she asked Cheng Xuemin with a choked voice.

This...Xuemin, please don't be moved yet. How can you tell from which word that this is written based on your deeds of working in the countryside? !

"Yes, yes, yes! My wife, you are absolutely right. You are my Li Xiuzhi, and I am your Xu Lingjun!" Cheng Xuemin quickly followed the woman's impulse and continued to move her.

It's just a fictional novel. If a woman wants to put herself into the story, then let her do it!

Anyway, Cheng Xuemin won't suffer any loss, and on the contrary, he can make the touched woman feel even more touched, so why not do it? !
"Then tell me, will you abandon Li Xiuzhi and me and go to the United States with your capitalist rich father?!"

Changing the subject, Feng Jiayou raised his head and stared at Cheng Xuemin, tears welling up in his eyes.

"This...why don't you wait until I finish writing it and then take a look at it, my wife? If you interfere forcefully now, it will interrupt my creative train of thought!"

Cheng Xuemin wanted to continue explaining, but Feng Jiayou nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Xuemin, you are right. This is your literary creation. I can't interfere with your creative thinking!"

"Here is the scholar's pen, hurry up and finish the rest of the story!"

"After we finish writing, let's submit it to Yenching Literature, not the damn October!"

"Why don't you vote for your mother's "October"? " Now it was Cheng Xuemin's turn to be confused. This was the second time the woman said she would not vote for her mother's "October". Could the rift between them be so deep?
"Vote for her? Xuemin, you don't want to be so mad that your scalp explodes after being revised, do you?!"

"If you want to try it, I'll send it to mom right now and ask her to give you some guidance and suggestions in advance!"

Feng Jiayou raised her eyes and said that she really planned to send half of the manuscript of "The Horse Shepherd" together with the Chinese test paper to her mother's room, so that her mother could take a look and give her son-in-law some guidance.

"No! Wife, I will listen to you. You can make the decision!"

Thinking of the scene where Feng Jiayou had been revising the manuscript to a climax in the past few days, Cheng Xuemin simply grabbed Feng Jiayou, who was pretending to leave, and expressed his opinion.

"Just listen to your wife!" Feng Jiayou was very satisfied with Cheng Xuemin's attitude. He continued to explain, "Xuemin, you don't know how demanding my mother is. Especially for her own people, not only will she not allow them to use any backdoors, but she will also double her demands on them."

"Xuemin, your novel is really well written. I was so moved that I couldn't help but immerse myself in it!"

"But have you ever thought about this? If I give this manuscript to my mother? If my mother also thinks that you wrote it based on our experiences, what will she think and what will she ask of you?!"

"If nothing else, I guarantee that she will ask you to revise it again and again, at least three times, to show how high her level is!"

"It is absolutely impossible for you to pass the manuscript in one try. I regret it so much after seeing it clearly!"

"So listen to your wife and let's submit to Yenching Literature. Huang Beijia and others said that it's easy to get a manuscript accepted by Yenching Literature. She had one of her papers accepted during the summer vacation this year and earned over 60 yuan in royalties!"

That’s the truth!
Cheng Xuemin also reacted. Isn’t that what Feng Jiayou said?
If I really submit the article to my mother-in-law, and she doesn't give some guidance and suggestions so that her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin can make some changes, how can I show her level and status in the family?

It is definitely impossible for him to pass the manuscript in one go, but the pain of revising the manuscript is happening right before his eyes. Cheng Xuemin does not want to follow in Feng Jiayou's footsteps.

Then why not submit to Yenching Literature instead?
When the mother-in-law comes to blame, her daughter will naturally take the blame, and Cheng Xuemin won't have to bear any of the blame! ?

Yes, listen to your wife and don’t give it to your mother-in-law.

Cheng Xuemin had to submit his manuscript quickly to get the royalties, but he didn't want to be slowly disciplined by his mother-in-law, otherwise he would not be able to get the royalties before the New Year.

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(End of this chapter)